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Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Elephant

Back to stamping with Elusive Images elephant stamps. This was part of a challenge from last year with the theme of "Exotic Colours". The background was achieved with a small elephant stamp which was stamped and embossed in a random nature using bright coloured embossing powders. The ornamentation on the elephant's cover were achieved using Viva Pearl Pens. The background mat for the larger elephant was made by painting various colours of Viva Precious Metal paint onto black card and cutting to the correct size when dry. The large elephant was stamped and embossed in gold on black card and cut out. The precious metal paints were used again to colour in the elephant's cover. A matting layer of gold mirror card was used between the background and the metallic painted sheet to help give dimension to the card and the elephant was mounted to the card with foam pads to give more depth.

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About Me

I work full time so crafting is only a hobby at the moment but I would very much like to turn it into a career. It is just a case of waiting for the right time.
I love rubber stamping, creating my own backgrounds using various techniques and many other forms of papercraft. Although I have done traditional scrapbooking for many years, I have also just discovered digital scrapbooking. If you would like to see some of my pages find DaisyTrail.com on the web and search for Shirl Freeman. Encasutic art is another favourite of mine. You can create some stunning pictures without being able to paint or draw, which I cannot do to save my life. My encaustic work ranges from small toppers for cards to A3 in size.
In "The Other Blog" I am going to keep away from papercrafting and use this one to present my other craft work such as altered art, paintings, stictching etc.